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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11649
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14968
13 Actual Demand 11328
14 Aggregate Planning 12386
15 Air Cargo 10288
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6780
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35059
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15438
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19487
20 Assembly Line 22881
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23168
22 Average Speed of Answer 26699
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23413
24 Batch Production 38808
25 Bill Discounting 14741
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11431
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7286
28 Blanket Release 10170
29 Bonded Warehouse 10202
30 Booking Number 14062
31 Bottleneck 9718
32 Buffer Stock 59689
33 Build to Stock 13157
34 Bullwhip Effect 9874
35 Business Logistics 26056
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12719
37 Capacity Management 41179
38 Capacity Utilization 14321
39 Capital Intensive 8600
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8960
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9067
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9447
45 Co-managed Inventory 12738
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7031
48 Computer-Based Training 7809
49 Consular Invoice 20051
50 Container Depot 10741
51 Container Freight Station 10383
52 Continuous Replenishment 19736
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12226
54 Contract Carrier 7403
55 Contract of Affreightment 11558
56 Control Charts 8073
57 Cost Flow 10427
58 Courier Service 15429
59 CPFR 8351
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11957
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44578
62 Date Code 18554
63 Days of Supply 20031
64 Dead on Arrival 9509
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7439
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9069
68 Devanning 14360
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11128
70 Dispatching 24838
71 Distributed Inventory 8477
72 Distribution Channel Management 35169
73 Distribution Metrics 9349
74 Distribution Planning 24397
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15441
76 Double Marginalization 53044
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22588
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20775
80 Echelon Inventory 26465
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38471
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50213
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7747
84 Efficient Frontier 25754
85 Engineer-to-Order 32000
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16825
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8459
89 Ex Works 7947
90 Exception Rate 13689
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10245
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9677
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11054
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14784
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27360
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8349
101 FOB Destination 13235
102 Forward buying 30441
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7638
105 Gantt Chart 8389
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11938
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29784
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12854
109 Hub 23657
110 Idle Time 8197
 
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